Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of Dobrovlyany


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The result was soft delete‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz Read! Talk! 22:52, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Battle of Dobrovlyany

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The subject of this article lack significant coverage in reliable sources, with only one primary source being cited, while I haven't been able to find any mention of it in my other sources. Not only that, but this article is plagiarising the one source it does cite: the body of the article is ripped almost word-for-word from page 236 of Viktor Bilash's book. On top of that, the title of this article isn't accurate at all: nowhere in the cited source nor in the article does it claim that this took place in "Doborvlyany" (the only towns by this name are entirely located in the far west of Ukraine), it says it took place around Yanisol. This article is broken on so many levels, from factual inaccuracy to plagiarism to notability, I think it needs to be deleted ASAP. Grnrchst (talk) 14:47, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: History, Military, Russia,  and Ukraine. Grnrchst (talk) 14:47, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment: Thought I'd should include text from Bilash's book (translated from Russian) for the sake of demonstrating the plagiarism:
 * "We had to eliminate Shkuro's corps in our rear. The 13th Army did not have a strong fist, and Shkuro occupied the Hryshyne district in the rear of the 13th Army with impunity. Then Shkuro turned from Hryshyne to our rear. Everything had to be sacrificed to save the front. And the headquarters of the 2nd Brigade of the Rebel Division immediately threw the 9th Greek Regiment, withdrawn from the village of Beshev, and the 12th Cavalry Regiment towards the White troops that had broken through. On 21 May, they met in the village of Yanisol on the Mokri Yaly River. The fate of the front depended on the outcome of the battle, so our commanders paid special attention to the manoeuvring and fire of the regiment. It must be said that the 9th Regiment consisted mainly of Greeks from the Yanisol district, where the Shkurovtsy had managed to massacre their relatives and Soviets. Guided by a sense of revenge, they pounced on Yanisol like lions, dragging Cossacks out of their houses into the street and shooting them. But the hour was not good. From the direction of the villages of Komar, Konstantin and Bagatyr, new regiments of Shkuro appeared. Naturally the forces were not equal, and in addition there was a lack of ammunition. However, the regiment fought fiercely for a whole day, and at the end could not withstand and began to retreat. The Shkurovtsy were attacking, our cavalry regiment was counterattacking. Our cavalry regiment counterattacked, giving the infantry regiment a chance to retreat to Kermenchik.  The insurgents defended their families, their huts, were unanimous, as the units consisted of fellow villagers. There were no cowards. And the fighting was terrible. There were no wounded or prisoners.  The regimental commander Morozov was cut down, and with him lay down and all six hundred cavalrymen. The infantry, exhausted, having used up their cartridges, parried with bayonets, until at last, at the village of Kermenchik. Kermenchik was not surrounded and completely cut down. Only Kompolka and the rest of 400 men managed to escape and only they survived, all the others were killed.  So our two regiments were gone. The Shkurovtsy, having suffered serious losses, slowed down and apparently rested in order to attack again."
 * All that has really been changed is the perspective, from Bilash's first person account to a deceptive third person perspective. --Grnrchst (talk) 15:53, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 23:18, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions.  WC  Quidditch   ☎   ✎  17:38, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete, in addition to nom's arguments, checking the contributions of the creator of the article, it gives me the impression that some things are probably wrong with their contributions. Tehonk (talk) 09:54, 29 February 2024 (UTC)


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